A House without a Prayer?

Father Conroy’s resignation – or firing – is the most recent controversial move by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Republicans widely praise Fr. Conroy and do not know why he was fired. In fact, Democrats praised him as well, as with reports that Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), a former Methodist pastor, told the Speaker’s chief of staff that Ryan’s move to fire the House chaplain was “ugly” and “awful.”